Antonio Vicenzio

**Appearance**

Antonio Vicenzio is an anthropomorphic black panther with a sleek and athletic build. He has black fur that is smooth and shiny, and his sharp facial features are accentuated by his black fedora hat. His hat has a silver band around the base, and its brim is slightly tilted downwards, shading his eyes from the light.

He wears a wide-brim black fedora and wears a black leather jacket with a slim fit and a high collar that gives him a sleek appearance. Underneath the jacket, he wears a black turtleneck that emphasizes his sharp features and complements his fedora hat. The hat itself is black with a wide brim and a slight bend on one side. It has a silver band around the base, and its brim is slightly tilted downwards, shading his eyes from the light.

Antonio wears black gloves that are tailored to fit his hands perfectly, allowing him to have maximum control over his darts. The darts are concealed in a special compartment on the inside of his jacket sleeves, which are designed to hold them securely but also allow him quick access to them.

To complete his outfit, Antonio wears black pants that are slim and tailored, giving him a modern and sophisticated look. He wears black leather boots that have a slight shine, and they reach just above his ankles. His outfit is designed to be understated and subtle.

**Lore**

He has a head implant and a high-tech headband drilled into his skull, hiding it under his wide brim black fedora hat. It was originally designed as a prototype to prevent his chronic schizophrenia episodes from debilitating him. After he convinced his brother to steal the strange rocks from a secret facility, he hypothesized that these stones would cure him, but instead, he later found out, that he was able to move pieces of these rocks using his mind. So he decided to steal more, so without telling his brother, he weaponized the few stones he have left, welding it in high durable material into the shape of darts, he practiced a few times in secret until he mastered his dexterity of this weapon. He was later successful in his heist and now is being actively pursued by government agencies, so he goes into hiding. He now has an arsenal of these darts, a total of 10, 5 darts concealed in jacket around his arms.

In short, he is able to control high durability darts with insane precision because of the stones welded inside it that his brain implant is able to control due to the stone's strange properties when infused with the human brain.

**Abilities/Skillset**

**Notes**

* The brain implant and the headband are developed and customized and manufactured by advanced technology, it curtails to Antonio's brain chemistry specifically after advanced and extensive data gathering.
* The stones are under NASA's possession, and Antonio's brother was one of the scientist working on studying the stone, and Antonio able to jump alongside him as an apprentice. One property that was noticeable, are the stone's ability to harness bioenergy, converting it into other kinetic energies, and so Antonio decided to implant it as a battery to the brain implant, but it turns out, that the stone also has properties that allows a relative connection to the other stones.
* In combat, he is able to mentally will the darts to fly out of his clothes/bracelets that is hidden in plain view, once engaged, it can act as a powerful, reusable range weapon, able to pierce most metals and concrete. In defence, he can wilfully make the darts form a shield, rearranging mid air, also rearranging them if Antonio desires to punch, the darts flying around his fist to give a deadly punch.
* In his lore, his apprenticeship is being a nuclear technician, his interest in all things science and nuclear energy/manipulation, and hopes one day he could use harness nuclear energy to power ordnances.
* Some drawbacks include orating one of the phrase "Vita" or "Jiro" a trigger word that activates his schizophrenia, bypassing the brain implant that could cause him to harm those around him with the darts and even himself. It is avoidable when treated immediately. The reason being, Jiro and Vita being the name of his childhood German shepherd dogs that he loved dearly, and when they mysteriously passed away, he was traumatized and fell into deep hatred. The stone that is installed with the brain implant takes his bioenergy, meaning if he doesn't get nutrients/eat, eventually, the stone would've eaten his body by sucking in the life force from his cells.
* Some perks he never knew he had lore-wise, is that he can use his darts to levitate like magneto with two darts beneath his feet.
* His darts and headband has a faint green glow due to the stone's unknown origins which can be a handy source of dim light.