Vir

Victor-Rudolph Charlemagne Stanton (born 11 January 1889) better known by his abbreviated codename Vir and also formerly known as Chief (1984-2006) is the co-founder and current leader of the Rotown Investigation Team. He has also worked as a writer for the newspaper The Rotown Tribune under the pseudonym of Hayden Abrams from 1954-1971. Vir is infamous for partaking in numerous top-secret missions, working with several governmental agencies all around the world. He's also taken part in both world wars, settling down in several locations around Europe, serving as a spy for the United States. Vir has also had a long history working several jobs in and out of governments.

## History

Vir tries his best to cover up much of his history, the very little info about him that have been exposed through various means over the years has and will continue to grow.

### Early Life

Not much is known about Vir's childhood, it is even unknown where exactly he was born, he himself claims that he grew up a country boy in a remote village outside of Liberal, Kansas. While growing up, he had no friends or even people whom he respected. He was always seen as a shy and cowardly child in school. Strangely enough, he was never bullied, probably due to the fact that he was so bland and uninteresting that nobody could think of anything to tease him with. Possibly around the early 1930s is when he moved to Rotown, Tennessee.

### Before World War I

Vir in his early teens moved from town to town, due to his father's endless bad luck at finding a job. Vir had taken up a job as a window cleaner at the early age of 13, earning about $1 (around $29 today) each week, that amount quickly went up to about $1 every day. He quickly became the wealthiest member of the family, by the age of 17, he bought his family a house in 1906. For an unknown reason, Vir was fired from his job, soon after his purchase of the new estate. He went out and searched for jobs, it was one, cloudy night in 1906 when he discovered a murder, down an alleyway. The victim was stabbed in the chest with a knife and the killer quickly fled the scene, luckily police were nearby and Vir alerted them to the body, the man had bled to death before they were able to save his life. The police apprehended Vir for suspicion of committing the murder, but he quickly declared that he witnessed the murder and was able to catch a good glimpse of the killer's face before he fled off, that man was soon quickly arrested and sentenced to death. This was Vir's first experience with working with law enforcement.

### Before RIT

Before he founded RIT, Vir had a seemingly infinite resume of job titles.

#### Newspaper

In the year 1954 (at age of 65), Vir began working for the local newspaper "The Rotown Tribune"

## RIT

Vir started the organization back in the summer of 1984 along with Vulture and Eagle as a way of dealing with all the supernatural crimes that have been happening around the world. As years went by the organization got larger and larger bringing in new members.

#### RIT HQ

Before being turned into the headquarters of RIT, the Mansion belonged to Hayden Abrams (who had an estimated net worth of $276 million at the time)

## Immortality

It is unknown how Vir has lived over 130 years without looking a day older than 40. This has led to many theories surrounding his supposed immortality. One of the most popular theories among fans describes Vir as being a spirit who switches bodies when the body gets older and worn. This has a lot of factual evidence behind it due to the fact that spirits only die when there is no matter left in their soul. This theory got a whole lot more plausible when during an encounter with The Observer where Vir and Osprey (then Cryptic) hid from the mind-frying gaze of the apparition. While trying to go in for the finishing blow, Vir unknowingly left himself vulnerable for attacks and was caught in the Observer's sight, making him possessed and his soul a part of the Observer.

Many have also speculated that Vir might be undead, wether he is a ghost or a zombie is unsure. This theory would explain why he looks the way he never seems to age.

Another theory is that he is a time traveller, this could explain the reason he keeps so much of his early life a secret.

Vir has denied many of these claims stating with definite proof that he is indeed mortal.