Talon

**Arthur Henson** was a Chicago law enforcement officer who after recognizing the incompetence of his own force chose to undertake an aggressive and personal crusade against the city's criminal underworld. Arthur was raised by a business focused family, until his parents were murdered by an unknown loan shark. Arthur went into foster care for several years, where he learned to fend for himself at the expense of intimacy. Arthur would work his way through school and college, until eventually dropping out to join the academy.

Arthur was able to use his intellect to climb through the force faster than his peers. He quickly became the favorite of chief Doug Bartley, who recognized the youth's passion and determination to make a change; but recognized also a danger for reckless behaviour. As crime in Chicago began to worsen due to the influx of various underground organizations, Arthur began to lose faith in the department. It was around this time that he began to experiment with vigilantism, after he recognized the superior success he had after anonymously saving a woman from an assault on his commute home from work. Bringing the woman into the department for processing, the two developed a bond and Arthur earned the appreciation of her wealthy father.

Blaming himself for his failure during the Enven Robbery, his aggression began to bleed into his work, forcing Bartley to demote him to a processing job. As a response, he only detached himself further and expanded on his vigilantism instead. With the help of Danny Carton, he realized that his department was not only incompetent but corrupt and bought out by Kreska Defensives; a private security firm. Arthur would warn Bartley, innocently believing that he had no idea of his department's corruption. Seeking to protect Arthur, Bartley warned him that he was in over his head and urged him to let it go.

Arthur would refuse and only dig deeper, earning "the talon" a name of infamy in the media and perpetual animosity with the department. Uncovering a sophisticated plan for a staged domestic terrorist attack on the city, he realized he was the only one stopping this agenda from coming to fruition. With the help of a private arms dealer, he fabricated a bulletproof suit with an owl insignia and prepared himself for an open assault. Bones learned of his plans ahead of time due to his informant with Bardley, and manipulated the already fractured party against itself in order to elimate evidence.

With nowhere left to go but the chimera's head, Arthur and Rachel worked together to track the identity of the "Bones" figure. Allowing Arthur access to a small flash drive of encrypted data, he traced the CCP firearm's back to the CEO of Kreska Defensives; one Patrick Liman. Distraught to learn that his enemy was also the father of his closest ally; he tried to convince Ursula, but she refused to believe her father's involvement and warned Henson to stay away from her.

Realizing that his footprints were becoming dangerously apparent, Liman arranged for Bartley to be done away with. Fearing the imminent staged attack, Arthur suited up and prevented the attack from happening. In the chaos, Bartley was killed and the police mistook Arthur for a terrorist and chased him down the Chicago freeway. Managing to escape the department, Arthur hunted down Liman in a flurry of vengeful rage. Reckless and without proper planning, he scaled the Chicago Tower all the way to Liman's private suite. The two battled until Arthur was almost killed, with the fight being interrupted when Liman was shot by his daughter. Arthur then staggered up and equipped a flag pole to impale Liman, but motivated by the love for her father Ursula put herself between the two of them. Enraged, Liman threw Arthur through the window and suspecting him to be dead sat down to grieve his daughter.

Before the police could find Arthur's body, he was found by Danny Carter and nursed back to health in the spare room of his house. On the news, Kreska Defensives blamed the attack on The Talon and called for a citywide manhunt on the supposed terrorist.

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## Biography

### Early Life

Arthur was raised by a business focused family, until his parents were murdered by an unknown loan shark. Arthur went into foster care for several years, eventually finding himself in the home of Benjamin; an eccentric man who exploited children for drug trafficking. It was at this time that Arthur learned to fend for himself, eventually running away and working through school as a bike messenger. Confused and unable to bond with others, Arthur grew up distanced and relatively cold towards any kind of intimacy. Due to his excellence in school, Arthur was able to gain several scholarships into Burkley University before eventually dropping out to join the academy.

### Academy

Arthur was able to use his intellect to solve cases before they even opened, and he declined several offers to join the NSA due to "conflicts of moral interest". He quickly became the favorite of chief Doug Bartley, who recognized the youth's passion and determination to make a change; but recognized also a danger for reckless behaviour.

Arthur quickly became a favorite of chief Doug Bartley, who recognized the youth's passion and determination to make a change; but recognized also a danger for reckless behaviour. Arthur was able to use his intellect to solve cases before they even opened, and he declined several offers to join the NSA due to "conflicts of moral interest". He befriended patrol officer, who contrasted his cold and relentless intellect with a warm and practical honesty.

As crime in Chicago began to worsen due to the influx of various underground organizations, Arthur began to lose faith in the department. He became increasingly aggressive as a response, and even started to forcing Bartley to demote him to a processing job. After the disaster of the Enven Robbery, Henson

### Vigilantism

His trademark of stalking criminals until early in the morning earned him the tagline "the Night Owl" in the media; a name he would temporarily adopt. The department would view the Night Owl as a threat, and Arthur's vehement defense of the character earned him suspicision from his peers. His compulsive behavior would blind Arthur from realizing he was in over his head, but he was determined to carry on despite the consequenses. He felt that he was fulfilling a role the department never could, and

The department would view the Night Owl as a threat, and Arthur's vehement defense of the character earned him suspicision from his peers.

His compulsive behavior would blind Arthur from realizing he was in over his head, but he was determined to carry on despite the consequenses. He felt that he was fulfilling a role the department never could, and

## Personality

> "I have a room of men down there who would kill to work for the NSA, and you turn down an offer twice. Why?"
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*Arthur can be described as obsessive, but also multi-leveled and convincing. He displays antisocial behaviors typical of introverted individuals, likely a result due to the betrayals of trust he experienced during his foster years. He is extremely intelligent, and was able to excel at school with little effort and left only due to a lack of interest. This plays into the fact that Arthur finds it difficult to dedicate himself to things which he is passionate about, but similarly he cannot detach himself from anything he deems necessary. He is able to plan and execute long term plans, but his passions can cause even the best of his plans to fall apart.*

Arthur speaks six languages, namely English, German, French, Russian, Mandarin, and Spanish. He's also 'conversational' in Italian, Dutch, and Koine Greek.