Warp
Frank DeTroy (a.k.a. Warp, Bandage Man)
Grown in a lab to be the next step in humanity's evolution, Frank DeTroy is a man haunted by his past, after having been used as a weapon to silence opposition to the company responsible for his design and creation. Having stepped out of the shadow of his former "employers", Frank seeks to build a new life for himself, and atone for the sins of his past.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Appearing at first to be of average build, Frank possesses a wiry musculature that belays the incredible strength afforded him by his genetic engineering.
Body Features
Frank cuts an average figure, with narrow shoulders and slender arms and legs.
Facial Features
Frank has an angular facial structure, with high cheeks and a pointed chin, giving him a very hawk-like appearance whilst also sporting a 9 o'clock shadow that gives him an older and more weathered look to match with his piercing, world weary, grey eyes.
Identifying Characteristics
Frank's most identifiable feature is his snow white hair which he keeps in a constant soft short spikes style.
Physical quirks
Frank is known to rhythmically tap his fingers when nervous, stressed or suffering from intrusive memories.
Special abilities
Possesses low tier super strength and the power to shape any material into a weapon of his choosing.
Apparel & Accessories
In his everyday attire, Frank prefers soft faded jeans and grey t-shirts to pair with his black faux leather biker's jacket, combined with a comfortable but sturdy pair of black running trainers.
As Warp, Frank wears a special blended fabric suit which has been designed to be immune to his warping powers so as not to suffer damage whilst he uses said powers in the field, and to be resistant to both heat and electrical current.
This is then reinforced with bullet proof kevlar scales that whilst almost invisible across his limbs and lower torso, have been designed to form a sleek deflective mane and crest around his shoulders, neck and down his spine. His head is protected by a helmet made entirely from a bulletproof plastic that has been blacked out to hide his identity.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Frank's life began as a experiment. Schurk Industries wanted to create the next step in human evolution and were willing to go to any lengths to achieve what they believed (or some of them perhaps believed) was the greater good of humanity.
Frank knew little love as he was raised, bar one female scientist who took it upon herself to develop his humanity as the others developed his potential as a weapon. He was given a rudimentary education in all basic subjects as well as combat training, weapons proficiency and espionage. His "mother" taught him empathy, morality and philosophy.
After reaching adulthood, Frank was sent out to the wider world to learn more about human society and how to implement his training in it. Travelling from country to country with company funds to keep him going but always under scrutiny and always with a daily budget so as to teach him finance management. It was in this way that he was first introduced to Mina, the woman who would become his partner within Schurk Industries as both an agent and an individual.
She had been completing a mission on company orders and was directed to meet Frank and begin assigning him missions of his own; his teacher and handler at the directing of an unknown higher authority within the company. This would be his life for the next two decades and in that time he had grown close to Mina, or at least believed he had, and eventually the two had wed and were planning on starting a family.
Then came a mission that would change Frank to his very core. For up until this point he had been a loyal agent of the company, a loyalty that was reinforced by Mina's presence and influence. That all changed when he was sent to kill a Hero operating on the streets of Dublin, a woman with the power to shape and move stone, going by the name, Earthmother.
By the end of that mission, the Earthmother would be dead and Frank would be on the run, his faith in the company and his life shattered. He would go on the run and hide as best as he could from what he was sure to be the company's best "problem solvers".
Whilst in hiding, Frank tried desperately to forget what he'd done, using everything from alcohol to opioids. When he was eventually tracked down, it wasn't by the company as he had expected but by an organization calling itself the Century Group.
Frank by this time was a complete mess and put up no resistance as he was taken in.
Over many months of treatment and therapy, Frank eventually regained enough of himself to be interviewed by the Centurion herself. Though hesitant, Frank eventually revealed everything about his time in the company and the event that caused his desertion.
So here it was that Frank was given a choice. He could spend the rest of his days rotting in prison for the sins he committed in Schurk Industries' name, or he could join the Century Group and work to make up for the wrongs of the past. And to this day, he still doesn't know if what he saw, as Lithium waited for his response, was an illusion of his mind's own making or not, but he could have sworn that just out of the corner of his eye, he saw them looking at him and whilst he couldn't read their expressions, he felt like they were waiting for his response as well.
He turned back to Lithium and said; "I'll help you."
She smiled at his response and so too, did the two ghosts, before they vanished from sight.
Frank has spent the last few years working under the Century Group's direction and now has been put forward to work for something even bigger under the Vigil themselves.
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
Bi-Sexual, with a preference for feminine partners.
Education
Frank has had no formal education, however as part of his growth and development by Schurk Industries, he was tutored in all conventional subjects such as English Literature, Mathematics and the Sciences. He was also given rudimentary IT literacy schooling as well as more unconventional training such as Espionage, Intelligence Gathering, Combat Instruction and Weapons Proficiency.
Employment
Frank has spent his entire working life as a field operative of some form. For the first four decades or so he worked for Schurk Industries but most recently was taken under the employ of the Century Group to seek out and subdue any remaining personnel of his former employers.
Morality & Philosophy
Frank takes the moral view, that people should help other people, as he has seen first hand both the horrors and wonders of human nature, and feels that for the better side of humanity to flourish, it needs a helping hand.
Taboos
Frank has been forbidden from imbibing any alcohol or narcotic substances (Outside of prescribed meds) under any circumstances. The reason for this is that Frank was at one time addicted to both drugs and alcohol, due to his copious use of both to try and 'self-medicate' his night terrors brought on by his time at Schurk Industries.
He has since been completely clean and sober for almost two years.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Frank is motivated to help and protect others in the hope that doing some good with his life will help to ease the guilt he bares for the work he did under Schurk Industries.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Cats, Coffee, Ireland.
Dislikes:
Personality Quirks
Frank has been known to occasionally sing 'London Bridge is Falling Down' to himself during seemingly random moments, a side effect of his upbringing in a Schurk lab.
Hygiene
Frank likes to keep himself meticulously well cleaned and groomed, sometimes scrubbing himself raw after particularly mucky engagements.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Century Group - Employer
Family Ties
None
Religious Views
Agnostic
Social Aptitude
Frank was trained to be able to quickly adapt to new social situations to blend in during missions for Schurk Industries. As a result he can fit in with most social circles almost effortlessly.
Mannerisms
Frank often gesticulates with his hands whilst speaking, seemingly unable to keep his hands still when doing so.
Hobbies & Pets
Kept a Maine Coon cat called Sliver who he rescued from the streets shortly after setting up home in his current hideaway/headquarters. She was tragically murdered by the supervillain "Plague" in a twisted attempt to show Frank who he thought him to be.
Recently, Frank has adopted a small black cat that he has named Charcoal, a gift from fellow B-Team member Rue.
Tends to a small Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree that he was gifted by his CG appointed therapist to help him cultivate a sense of serenity when experiencing intrusive and traumatic thoughts/memories.
Keeps a cinema room filled with all forms of media, including VHS, DVD and Vinyl.
Speech
Frank often speaks with an Irish accent but can adopt others, as and when the need arises.
Wealth & Financial state
Whilst not particularly wealthy, Frank is paid well by the Century Group for his work and is often sent experimental equipment to test for them, the prototypes of which he is often allowed to keep for his own hero work.
Grown in a lab to be the next step in humanity's evolution, Frank has for most of his life been a weapon to further the goals of Schurk Industries. With the collapse of the corporation, the disappearance of his handler and The Century Group offering him a new purpose, Frank strides towards an uncertain future whilst hoping to atone for past wrongs.
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Once known as Agent Iron by Schurk Industries, nowadays he's known as Warp to the Century Group and to the wider public.
Age
47
Date of Birth
01/11/1978
Circumstances of Birth
The first of many superhumans to be created by Schurk Industries
Birthplace
Undisclosed Schurk Industries Research & Development Facility
Children
Current Residence
Bathala, East District
Sex
Male
Gender
Male
Presentation
Masculine
Eyes
Grey
Hair
White
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Fair
Height
5'10
Weight
160
Quotes & Catchphrases
"Kinda hard to kill someone with half a ton of concrete wall on top of you"
The Journal Entry’s title
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