Le Collecteur

Jacques Marchand is the most famous French criminal, known under the alias of Le Collecteur. He is equipped with gadgets and weapons for every possibility, which he uses to conduct well-planned big scale robberies. His popularity increased especially with the appearance of Spyman's Cosmos in the recent years, which allowed him to visit the battlefields of the group and collect various objects or weapons used by their opponents. He later sells those to other villains or uses for the good of the organization he's part of - L.O.V.E. He's also the leader of one of its most respected burglar groups, The Troublesome Trio.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Jacques was born in 1984 somewhere in France and at one point in his life, he met his wife, with whom he later had a child that they named Loïc. In the early 2010s he was fired from his job for some reason, which coincided with his son's birth. Due to being unable to find another job, he decided to enter the path of crime, but keep it a secret from his wife. He made a suit to protect his identity and started with commiting minor crimes, such as bank robberies or house burglaries. Early on, he was noticed by L.O.V.E for his talents and abilities in creating various gadgets and entered their ranks. With every week, he began stealing richer and richer treasures, eventually having a wide collection of them and becoming known as the collector - Le Collecteur - of valuable items. 
In 2013, he met Tobias Sanders at a party, but didn't remember and only got to know him due to his later failures. Eventually, Jacques also met Fast Bill and The Mime, who became his good allies and with whom he formed The Troublesome Trio. In 2016, while no one had known of Spyman's Cosmos yet, Le Collecteur heard of BSoD's Gang's constructions and figured they would have a high price if sold. Thus, he gathered his allies and stole the Andromeda machine from the Gang's storages. They repeated the same thing a year later, but with the DNA scanner. While it was interrupted by the disbandment of Spyman's Cosmos in 2018 and 2019, the Trio was already trending among the villains community. Around the same time, Jacques had heard of Tobias and Larry's two big failures and hopped on the joking wagon in the organization.
With the return of the Cosmos in 2020 and more big scale battles, Le Collecteur and his Trio managed to steal another new treasures, including the crystal from Vitreous' Driller, which they moved to power the L.O.V.E headquarters in Paris.
=== No-Life's Alone in Paris ===
With the Troublesome Trio's peak in popularity, they were invited to the 64th edition of Criminal Con for a special panel about their successes and to host a contest, in which the lucky winner could accompany them in some simple robbery. While Le Collecteur didn't like the idea, he agreed to do it to get more fundings from the higher organs.
Thus, they showed up on the event on December 23, 2020 and after coming up to the stage, Le Collecteur pretended to be happy, while summing up his group's achievements. Eventually he was interrupted by Bill, who wanted to rush everything and conclude the contest. Le Collecteur then took the lead once again and began introducing what they would be stealing, which were The Pearls of Toulon. Coincidentally, the winner shared some similarities with Tobias and Larry, who were present in the audience, causing the former to rush to the stage before the name was said and humiliate himself, once Collecteur welcomed Gun henchman #84. He then greeted Tobias, who was surprised that he remembered him, but Le Collecteur told him why he was actually known.
Tobias complained that they considered such a minor villain as the gun, but not him, even with the lucky charm rule in the contest, so Le Collecteur talked to his senses. He actually got honest with Sanders and realized him that he and Larry would never become famous if they continued to commit only the house robberies like they did. Despite not wanting to make him a joke in front of the whole audience, Bill did that for him in the end and Collecteur joined the laugh anyway. Later, he was discussing their plan with The Mime, Bill and the guest.
Less than few hours later, he was preparing himself for the burglary on a roof and was listening to the voice mail his wife left him, in which she asked if he would be able to skip work for Christmas and come back home. Le Collecteur sighed and promised himself that he would be present for them next year, when Bill called him in an ear com, notifying that they were under the house and asking if he was ready. Collecteur confirmed that and asked if the house was truly empty, which made Bill notice a light turned on. A few seconds later, Jacques could hear a scream and snap, which turned out to be Larry flattening Gun henchman. Le Collecteur snapped his fingers at it, but was angrily curious what the two other bandits were doing there. He then heard Larry, who approached Bill's communication device, saying that they wanted to steal the pearls beforehand.
Le Collecteur didn't really care about that and fully suited up to run through the roofs and finally fly above the street towards the house they were planning to rob. He smashed the window of the room, in which the light was turned on and confronted Tobias, as well as No-Life, who asked him who he was. Collecteur introduced himself and joked that Tobias was being defeated by a kid again, to which Sanders responded that it was in fact the same child as last time. This made Collecteur joke from No-Life and encourage him to beat him with the supposed powers, but the boy didn't want to do so, due to his fears of unleashing the unstoppable anger once again. Collecteur mocked Tobias once more and left to steal the pearls, which then caught No-Life's attention.
The robber reassured the boy that he was stealing The Pearls of Toulon, which No-Life earlier threw away and didn't hide. Upon picking them up, he went to the front door and told his friends that they were done, when No-Life landed on the ground door and recapped his conflict before jumping at Le Collecteur. They wrestled for a bit, until Marchand ordered his men to attack. He calmly watched them do their own thing, until Bill seemingly escaped with the pearls. He saw that the kid had beaten both villains and that the treasure was laying on the ground, so he took the matters into his own hands. Although his target was picked up by Larry, Collecteur flew above him and took them. He then attempted to bounce of the wall of Florence's manor, but was caught and thrown back inside by No-Life.
The two fought for a while, until Collecteur landed on his bottom, which turned on his phone and played the voice mail again. Once No-Life heard that Le Collecteur was both a villain and a family man, he saw his own father in him. Despite his explanation, Le Collecteur received the final blow and shared the same fate that Tobias and Larry did two years prior, while also being defeated and imprisoned for the first time ever.
At the end of January of 2021, he was in his prison cell, when he was caught off guard by Fast Bill phasing through the wall inside. He gave Jacques the taste of his own medicine by joking about him being beaten by a kid, until Marchand scolded him and reminded that he was his boss. Bill then reminded him that he wasn't the boss and revealed that the leader of L.O.V.E had an unsual mission for the Trio and asked if he was in. Jacques smiled, leaving the answer obvious.
== Personality ==
Jacques isn't necessarily evil, as all of his criminal activity is motivated by the love to his family. While he can commit cruel actions and not care about boundaries, it's all in the name of his relatives. Hence, he's able to not hold his back while fighting a kid that was No-Life, even if he's around the age of his own son. Jacques also used to joke a lot from Tobias and Larry. Despite speaking to Tobias with honesty once, he didn't care about his feelings much and continued to mock him and his partner, until he learnt on his own skin that they weren't really lying by saying that the kid who beat them was a difficult challenge. Once he was imprisoned after being defeated, he changed his attitude in that regard and regretted joking about that earlier, when he also became the center of these jokes.
Despite being the leader of Troublesome Trio and acting superior sometimes, Jacques respects his companions and treats them like friends. He often jokes around with them and sometimes they have too much fun together. However, it's Jacques who is the straight man of the group and brings them down to earth when it's time for an action.
== Equipment ==
To be added
== Appearances ==
* No-Life's Alone in Paris
== Trivia ==
* Le Collecteur's first concept was inspired by the Marvel Comics character Batroc the Leaper, which is visible by his nationality and colour scheme. However, the further he was developed, the more original he got.
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