Wayne Bradley

Wayne Bradley is a secondary character in the Ministry Succession Tournament verse. He is a cybernetic human put together by Damon who is currently working as Cookie's covert operative and close assistant, performing a multitude of tasks and odd jobs.

## Naming Informations

### Aliases

Mr. Terminator (by Cookie)Tin can (by Elizabeth)

## Personality

Though he remains bitter and cynical due to unfortunate circumstances plaguing him throughout his life, he has eased up in recent years thanks to Cookie’s influence, allowing him to see a brighter side of life with the second chance he was given. He considers himself to owe a great debt to Cookie and is highly loyal, but he isn’t above getting audacious when he finds his boss needing a reality check.

## History

Born in the slums of Racan, Wayne seemed destined for misfortune from birth. He had a weak body, and his mother passed away from disease shortly after he was born. Wayne’s father tried his best to take care of him, but he was falling short due to the harsh nature of the city they lived in. In order to make ends meet, a teenage Wayne decided to hone his skills with weaponry and become a mercenary. He became quite successful due to his talented nature and was getting close to saving enough money to get him and his father out of Racan. But one day while Wayne was out on a job, his home was robbed by a gang in the area, all their money was taken, and Wayne’s father was killed. Wayne was never able to track down the assailants, but he continued working as a merc, distraught and depressed. A few years later, he discovered that the disease that killed his mother was hereditary, and he was beginning to fall ill as well. Just as things seemed as if they couldn’t get any worse, on a job to assassinate a mob boss, Wayne was double crossed. He had an eye stabbed out, his legs broken, and was tossed into the apocalyptic wasteland of Diyu. Death seemed imminent, and Wayne gave up on grasping onto life, cursing his own existence. A hellish monster appeared, and it began to devour Wayne, eating his legs and arms. But then suddenly, as the creature was about to take a killing bite, lightning came crashing down, frying and killing it. Wayne was confused and asked himself why he couldn’t have just died. Just as he was thinking this, a man in a stylish suit appeared, looking down at him. Wayne could hardly see at this point, and was slipping out of consciousness, but he could hear the man say something.

***“Hey man, you alright? Well be grateful, cause your genie has just arrived!”***

Wayne awoke in what seemed like a laboratory, being stared down by a man with white hair. He was covered heavily in bandages, and quickly recalled what happened to him.

***“Where the hell am I?”***

***“In my laboratory, friend!~”*** The white-haired man said. **"My *name is Damon, and my good friend Cookie brought you here after he found you all messed up in Diyu. Though it’s pretty strange that he’d stop to help some random guy. But he told me to fix you up, and that's exactly what I plan to do.”***

Wayne was highly skeptical, but still having somewhat given up on life, he essentially let Damon do whatever he pleased. After weeks of excruciating and somewhat questionable “treatment” and experimentation by Damon, Wayne was outfitted with cybernetic enhancements from scrapped and decommissioned automatons from the Ministry’s army, replacing more than 80% of his body. It took him a while to get used to his new body, but he eventually got a grasp of it’s capabilities. Damon informed Wayne of his body’s limits and gave him a few warnings, but not before praising himself for his handiwork. After being released from the lab, Cookie went to greet him. Wayne’s first question was why Cookie saved him, and he essentially claimed it was on a whim.

***“For me to just so happen to run into you while you’ve got one foot in the grave in a place like that, I thought ‘This guy must be pretty damn lucky,”***

 Wayne was dumbstruck from his answer, but strangely enough it was somewhat reassuring. Right after Cookie informed him that he’d be working for him from there on out. He refused almost instantly, but after some pestering and having a fat paycheck waved in front of him, Wayne reluctantly got on board. Wayne now works as Cookie’s covert operative, doing all sorts of jobs ranging from escorts to assassinations. They grew closer as time went by, and Wayne has found himself satisfied with his second chance at life.

## Abilities

• **Strength:** High. Wayne’s cyborg body grants him incredible strength.

• **Speed & Agility:** High. Wayne can move quite a bit faster than an average fighter, and he can temporarily boost his speed with thrusters located on his legs

• **Durability:** Above average. Wayne can take some powerful hits thanks to his automaton parts, but his organic parts render him vulnerable in some areas.

• **Stamina:** High. Thanks to his cybernetic enhancements, Wayne can fight for extended periods of time. But his stamina isn’t unlimited as the remaining organic parts of his body might begin to fail to keep up with his enhancements.

• **Cyborg body:** Despite essentially being a cobbled Frankenstein of automaton parts by Damon, his cybernetic body grants him many physical advantages and upgrades.

• **Thorns:** Due to his somewhat haphazard construction, Wayne initially had some trouble with generating a complete weapon with his automaton body. But through trial and error, he discovered he could remedy this by creating small, highly durable needle-like blades that he would later dub as "thorns". Wayne is capable creating hundreds of thorns, and is able to fire them from his body in an arrow-like fashion. **"Just think of it as a feature." - Damon**

## Equipment

**Sniper Rifle:** Wayne’s usual weapon of choice is a large sniper rifle kept from his days as a mercenary. He’s been offered several upgrades due to the model being a bit dated, but Wayne has refused. Possesses a Hearts enhancement from Cookie's aura ability, Crazy Slots.

**Elemental Rounds:** A special ability granted by Crazy Slots; bullets shot from Wayne's rifle have a chance to fire with an elemental effect. The effect is quite common, and each element has an equal chance of appearing. The elements available are fire, electricity, ice, and corrosion.

**Sword:** A modified version of the automaton spears. Well made, however due to the nature of his construction, Wayne can only generate one or two of them at a time, and the blade is occasionally prone to malfunction.

## Techniques

**OVER/LOAD:** Wayne shuts off the limiters placed on his automaton body parts that prevent him from damaging himself. This greatly increases all of his physical attributes, allows him to create up to 6 swords, and increases his thorn generating capacity even further.

**MAEL/STROM:** Wayne generates hundreds of small thorns from his body, and fires them all at once, shredding and skewering his intended target.