Knight Thrasher
Alex Banyon (a.k.a. Knight Thrasher or Thrasher)
Knight Thrasher is one of the original heroes of the modern 20th and early 21st century. Currently, he's often seen in and around New York City in a hero capacity, occasionally accompanied by the Harlequin ( also known as Harley Quinn ) and every rare so often by Poison Ivy.
Physical Description
Body Features
Alex has light tan skin with a toned, gymnast build.
Physical quirks
When in combat, he gets nervous. This sometimes means he won't talk much or talk ... a LOT!
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Alex Banyon was a fresh out of college researcher working on unlocking the potential inherent in the genetics of marine animals for regeneration, recovery and other abilities humans lack. He was working late one night when four men broke into the lab where he was showing off his current research to his fiancee.
The intruders attacked the young couple and wrecked the lab. On a lark, the thugs strapped Alex and his fiancee down and subjected them to a random combination of Alex’s retroviral test samples. After that, the thugs wrecked the lab and left.
Alex barely survived, his fiancee didn’t. It wasn’t until later that Alex learned that the thugs were enforcers for a local loan shark and crime lord. It was only a week after the assault that the first sign of Alex’s powers developed. That was when the local Seattle vigilante named Dark Angel began to take a great interest in Alex.
Through Dark Angel’s training, Alex learned to control his abilities, as well as augment them with custom gadgetry and other crime-fighting skills. Alex took on the name of Knight Thrasher. This continued for some number of years until, Dark Angel vanished with no trace.
Assuming that he had retired, Alex took his own gear and moved out of Seattle. A new brand of hero had shown up there and Seattle had no need of the Knight Thrasher then. So Alex took his cousin up on a long standing job offer and moved to a bedroom community outside New York. During the day he works as an analyst and software engineer. Away from work, and the public eye he continues his work as the Knight Thrasher.
Lately, Alex has been in a steady releationship with the anti-hero/sometimes former criminal Harley Quinn ( the "Harlequinn" ). This has lead to her moving into his not so spacious apartment along with the other person in Harley's life: the also possibly former criminal Pamela Isley ( "Poison Ivy" ) who tolerates Alex in Harley's life but doesn't mind the unusual teamwork and safety that this co-habitation has brought on.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Responsibility of Power. More accurately has an overdeveloped sense of responsibility and a need to help people be the best they can be.
Alignment
Responsibility of Power
Current Location
Species
Professions
Children
Current Residence
Gender
male
Eyes
brown eyes
Hair
dark brown hair, usually cut short
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
caucasian/light tan
Height
5'11"
Weight
175 lbs
Other Affiliations
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