Recluse

"You think of me as a monster because I wish to see mankind fall into the depths of ruin but ask yourself this: I wasn't born with hate, the world taught me how to hate.. so who is the true victim of this story and who is the real monster?" ~ Recluse (debating the nature of evil with March Hare while preparing to hijack the v-net so as to rob the world of virtuall all technology - thus spark global-disaster)
Recluse is a secretive criminal mastermind and enemy of March Hare, he is in many ways her opposite and the two have developed a strange relationship that has seen the two engage in antagonistic behavior, flirting and even defence of one another - though much like March Hare he is a very confusing character in terms of psychology and thus the relationship is never fully explained.
==Origin==
Mike Young was once a fun-loving young man with dreams of becoming a hero - he was mocked horribly by his peers for his aspirations and was deeply hurt, unable to let go of the past he began to grow more and more self-hating, in time his self-loathing warped into misanthropy as he began to view all humanity as being inherently cruel and wicked: he began to grow paranoid and delusional, thinking that complete strangers were laughing at him behind his back and as a result he took to locking himself away for days on end.
Eventually Mike took to calling himself Recluse and dedicated himself to destroying humanity - his reasoning simply being "I want to be alone", he began achieving his goals by wide-scale manipulation and scheming - yet found his plans foiled constantly by law-enforcement and heroes as well as numerous vigilantes, amongst them March Hare.
March Hare would prove to be Recluse's most recurring opponent and the two became fixated on one another: Recluse views March Hare as everything he despises about humanity - it's loudness, lack of restraint and disregard for others while at the same time finds himself enthralled by her beauty and skill at defeating him: March Hare sees Recluse as someone intent on ruining her fun as well as a man who is too fixated on the past to enjoy the present - yet she also finds herself sympathising with Recluse - this serves to make the two a very interesting pair when they fight and it is not uncommon for one or the other to even come to each others aid despite their differences.
==Powers==
Recluse has no superhuman abilities but is a naturally ingenious individual with a mind that verges on genius - he can utilise his intelligence to commit acts of chaos and is very strong-willed to boot, making him especially dangerous, although he tends to shy from actual fighting he is a capable hand-to-hand combatant when needed and has knowledge of weak-spots in the human body that allow him to subdue or harm his opponents with greater ease than he would otherwise.
Category:Villains
Category:Powermonger2003
Category:Non-Powered
Category:Destroyers