Sal Santini

Sal Santini, also known as Saint Sal, is a former vigilante turned Cape Collector. He is the leader of the Black Shucks, and is married to a fellow squad leader, Estefania Santini-Galán.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Sal Santini shares the same basic origin story as the Rook and Tygr, two other well-known former vigilantes. All three had cruel fathers, who resented and ultimately murdered their wives for the insult of bringing a not-quite-human son into the world. All three boys had one loyal friend to whom they clung, until their fathers tried to take that comfort away from them too, ordering them never to see their friend again.Bad Things Happen
The three boys all reacted differently to this ultimatum. Sal was separated from his friend when one of them left town.quipquipquip: "I spend an extraordinary amount of time wondering which of the boys Corbin, Tygr and Sal are." He became a vigilante.
===Vigilante===
As a vigilante, Sal was considered one of the best. He, the Rook and Tygr were sometimes allies, and always rivals.
===Cape Collector===
When Sal decided to go public with his identity, his reputation as a vigilante earned him a job offer from the Cape Collectors. The Rook vouched for him, and it was largely due to this endorsement that Sal found himself working on the right side of the law instead of in jail for his past vigilantism. Sal owed Corbin a debt for this, so when the Rook's oldest son, Marshal, went rogue, Sal helped him and his adoptive sister escape capture. He and his wife later fostered Ellie and helped Marshal evade capture.Untouchable
==Personality==
Sal is a relaxed and patient person. He is very loyal to his friends and allies.quipquipquip: "toalwaysbeme replied to your post: SAINT SAL IS A PUFF??!?"
==Appearance==
Sal is a big, swarthy man with startlingly blue eyes. He has hair like an oil slick, which he wears in a ponytail. His accent has traces of Italy and New Jersey.Origins, Issue #6, p. 267 His fingers are swollen, misshapen and arthritic; they appear to have been broken badly at some point in his past.Origins, Issue #6, p. 268
==Powers and abilities==
Sal is one of the most powerful posthumans on record.quipquipquip: "Can I tell you how excited I am that the leader of the Valkyries is a baseliner?" His posterpower appears to revolve around the manipulation of salt. In Bad Things Happen, he is able to incapacitate Marshal by dramatically raising his serum sodium level (the amount of salt in the blood). Later, in Origins, Sal uses his power more mundanely to summon salt from a salt shaker.Origins, Issue #8, p. 390
==Trivia==
*If Sal were at Hogwarts, he'd be a Hufflepuff.quipquipquip: "Hogwarts houses"
*Sal's surname, Santini, means "little saint". This means that "Saint Sal"'s name is literally Sal Saint.
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Cape Collectors
Category:Unknown band
Category:Vigilantes
Category:Alphas