Jonathan Kirby Kennedy

**Lineage**

Son of Alicia Simmons, the right hand of the Vampire Queen, and James Kennedy, an Esper Bounty Hunter.

**Appearance**

**Jonathan Kirby Kennedy** is a Half-Human and a Half-Vampire (Also known as a Dhampir). He has short black hair about cheek level in length. He has dark crimson eyes and slightly pointed canine teeth (though it is not immediately noticeable unlike most vampires). He is of normal physique (neither deathly thin nor muscular). He is of Russian and American descent. Due to his Vampire heritage, he ages up to a point resembling a young man in his mid 20s for the rest of his life.

**Equipment and Fighting Style**

Jonathan is equipped with bullet-resistant clothing that doesn't restrict his movements. His main weapon is his Katana that he forged himself which suited his blitz combat style. For ranged weaponry, he has a bow and arrow for silent kills and reusability, a suppressed M1911 as a sidearm in case if the situation calls for close quarters combat, and smoke bombs.

Jonathan prefers a more speed-oriented combat. Due to his deteriorating condition and his low birth, he has a very low defense. But what he lacks in defense he makes up for in both Attack and Speed, making him a Glass Cannon.

**Race**

Being a Dhampir, he possesses the strength, speed, and senses of a vampire without their weakness to holy objects and sunlight, though he is still weak to silver weapons.

**Early Life**

Born in November 22, 1963, Jonathan was abandoned by his mother after taking his twin sister and killing his father having gotten what she wanted. He was born sickly and abandoned due to his lack of "potential". He was under the care of Elaine Strauss, a friend of his father, who treated him like a son. Elaine would teach him combat, stealth, and lore concerning the world filled with monsters. He would grow up to become a skilled warrior.

**Crimson Order (1980s)**

With the help of his adoptive mother, Elaine, they would fight the Crimson Order, a group of very powerful vampires that once ruled the world with an iron fist. Their goal was to revive the Vampire Queen to bring about a new Dark Age. They were lead by Jonathan's biological mother, Alicia Simmons. Reviving the Queen was a success thankfully, Jonathan and Elaine defeated Alicia and the Vampire Queen in combat, putting a halt to their plans for the time being.

**Lycoris Radiata (1990s)**

He would later meet a Lycan named Ashley Strahovsky, a fellow half-vampire and cousin named Iris Subasic, and a martial artist named Thomas Nathaniels, forming a group called Lycoris Radiata, a group that robs the rich and gives them away to charity. They were a notorious group in Japan for about 4 years. Later in their exploits, he would develop feelings for Ashley and soon the two would get married. He was ready to settle down and do one last job when he was betrayed by Thomas. Turns out the latter loved Ashley too and out of jealousy and ambition, he sold them out to an unknown organization that involved Jonathan's twin sister Evelyn Kennedy. Blinded by jealousy, Thomas fired a Demon Bullet at him, a bullet that could kill an immortal being, only for Ashley to take the shot. She perished in Jonathan's arms. Rage grew and Jonathan struck him down, leaving him for dead (Though Thomas would survive the ordeal).

**Turn of the Century (2000s)**

Years went by and Jonathan began taking more dangerous missions to forget about his loss. Iris was with him and was looking out for him in his darkest time. They've been receiving missions from a contractor of dirty jobs known only as "The Arab". It was also at this time that Jonathan met a gifted hacker in the Dark Web who goes by the name "Oni", after the Japanese word for Demon. Oni would give Jonathan information and aid him in hacking security systems.

**Scarlet Widow Arc (Philippines)**

At some point, the Arab sends them on a mission to bring down a criminal organization that took advantage of the disappearance of Lycoris Radiata, taking the flower symbol and desecrated what the original group stood for, the Scarlet Widow Triad. The triad had 3 main strongholds: Korea, Philippines, and Japan. Jonathan, along with Iris, went to the Philippines to track down the stronghold there. It was at this time that they met an amateur vigilante named Mary Delos Reyes who wanted to stop the human trafficking ring of her country. Impressed by her skills despite being an amateur, Jonathan took her under his wing and began teaching her proper stealth techniques.

**Scarlet Widow Arc (Japan)**

The trio arrived in Japan to take down the last stronghold. Before they could do so, they needed to track them down. They enlisted the help of Oni to gather information on the Scarlet Widow. While Oni was scanning police records, Detective Makoto Hirada was under attack by a coven of vampires in a warehouse where a string of murders converged. Oni called Jonathan, asking him for help to which Jonathan immediately responded. Jonathan along with Iris and Mary, rescued Makoto from the warehouse. It was later revealed that Oni was Makoto's brother, Minato Hirada. Both being indebted to Jonathan, the two helped them track down the Scarlet Widow, with Makoto using his position to organize an operation.

Jonathan would later rendezvous with Interpol Agents Felisha Cortez and Matthew Kirkman and bring down the last of the Scarlet Widow, ending their criminal empire. It was on that day that Jonathan's surrogate mother, Elaine Strauss, formed the Equinox, putting Jonathan as the leader.

**Formation of the Equinox**

After the group's inception, they began travelling the world, taking missions that help liberate slave camps, quash human trafficking rings, and help them get closer to finding HADES. At one point, while his team was busy, Jonathan went on a solo mission to gather intel. It was here that he meets a young infiltrator who was after the same thing as him, having a striking resemblance to his late wife named Maki Hitoshi. Jonathan later found out that she works for his mother at Valentine Arms with the intentions of letting Maki join the Equinox. Jonathan offered her to join the group giving her the codename "Wolfsbane", to which Maki accepted. Maki would later reveal her Lycan heritage.

The group would intercept a vehicle carrying unknown chemicals. It was there that they meet a young girl named "Ellie". It was suspected to be a Human Trafficking shipment but they were not able to get any information as Ellie escaped from the safehouse before they had a chance to talk to her.

Some time later, the group would come close to learning about HADES when the shadow organization sent a payload to the Equinox while they were on a mission in the mountains of Russia. The payload contained a brainwashed Interpol Agent that was turned into a bioweapon known as "Project Dracula". The creature gave the Equinox a difficult fight as no matter how many round they fire, the creature did not even flinch. It was about to kill Matthew when Makoto intervened, taking the lethal blow to the chest. With a coordinated effort, they brought the creature down. Makoto was on the floor dying when Jonathan had no choice but to turn him into a vampire to save his life. He fed Makoto his blood, slowly healing his lethal wound. After learning what Jonathan did to him, Makoto confronted him about turning him into a monster. Jonathan only replied that he wasn't and that he can teach him how to control his new strength.

"Project Dracula" was restrained in a Valentine Arms Safehouse. With no commands to input, the creature stayed motionless. The team removed the creature's mask, immediately recognized by both Matthew Kirkman and Felisha Cortez as their superior in infiltration missions, Cassandra Ackerman.

Equinox would later take a side mission, saving a civilian area from a robotic menace only known as Kelbi. Multiple Kelbi Units were dispatched in the area from an unknown source. It was here that Jonathan called in an expert, his old friend Dr. Gary Hopkins, head of the Esper organization known as Wisteria. With the help of Wisteria, they were able to clear the area of Kelbis. Gary told Jonathan that Wisteria will take it from here, knowing that the latter has more important matters to attend to. Before leaving, he was introduced to Gary's second in command and adoptive sister, Dr. Glynda Miller. Jonathan has this unnerving feeling that both him and Glynda have met before but shrugged it off. At some point during this time, Jonathan and the team pursues two rogue Kelbis. The team managed to apprehend one of them. Jonathan, meanwhile, tracked the other one to a bar. Turns out this Kelbi was a little one, almost like a child. This one did not hurt anyone, which was surprising. It only ran away because Jonathan was chasing it. Jonathan took the little Kelbi in and treated it as if it were a normal child.

It was at this time that the "Mixing Problem" began to manifest. Having both Vampire and Esper blood was slowly deteriorating his health. But he pushed through without telling anyone.

**HADES Arc (First Encounter)**

Soon, the Equinox would learn that one of the organizations of the criminal underworld would be meeting with HADES somewhere in London. Equinox began preparing for an infiltration mission. Things would go sideways immediately as the leader of HADES himself along with his second in command, whom Jonathan recognized as his twin sister Evelyn, show up to foil their plans. The leader told Jonathan that they would meet again in the near future as they blow the building to smithereens.

Soon they would meet a gifted aircraft pilot named Ethan Walker, a member of the Sapphire group tasked in protecting the members of the Hirada Household. He left Sapphire due to the unspeakable things the new head of the Hirada Household is doing. He would join the group under the command of both Makoto and Minato Hirada, two of the three Hiradas he trusted.

Cassandra would soon come to her senses when Mary Delos Reyes would use her Esper abilities to temporarily free her from her brainwashing. It was here that Equinox received a new member.

**HADES Arc (Second Encounter)**

Weeks after, the team would discover that whoever this Thanatos was is going to meet with one of the Pillar Organizations to negotiate an arms deal, meeting up in a secluded road in China. Jonathan thought that this opportunity would not come again so he organized an ambush operation. They would wait near the secluded road until the meeting goes underway and assassinate Thanatos on the spot. It was soon discovered to be a trap as HADES knew that they would try and ambush them. It was a bloody fight with Equinox barely holding their own. It got worse when Thanatos utilized Cassandra's brainwashing to turn her against the group. Thanatos would also utilize Iris's brainwashing from long ago so that now he has two powerful vampires at his command. Jonathan would try and fight Thanatos, only to be ambushed by none other than his twin sister Evelyn. Thanatos would reveal to him who he really was, Thomas Nathaniels, and explain why he wanted to kill him. Jonathan was mortally wounded in that encounter, forcing Makoto and Mary who look up to him to tap into their powers to try and subdue Thanatos, only to be outclassed by the HADES Leader. The team managed to subdue both Iris and Cassandra but it was not enough to defeat Thanatos. Thanatos came close to killing Jonathan when Elaine Strauss herself interfered to protect the team. Thanatos, not being able to study this legendary foe, lost the fight and was forced to retreat along with Evelyn.

Valentine Arms quickly housed the Equinox members and nursed them to health, with Jonathan suffering the worst of injuries.

**HADES Arc (Finale)**

After a brief few days of recovery and reflection, the Equinox got back together to do one last mission to put an end to HADES once and for all. Thanks to an undercover Wisteria Agent, a HADES Stronghold in China was destroyed, forcing the organization to move all of their remaining resources to their main Headquarters in Velvet City, USA. At the same time, chaos from frequent protests and police brutality have occurred in the city, forcing HADES to lock down the city. Jonathan called in both Wisteria and Valentine Arms to help with the raid, in cooperation with the National Guard, the Sapphire group, and one of the Pillar Organizations known as Omega. With Jonathan's leadership and Makoto's strategy, the ground troops were able to close in on Asterius Tower, HADES's main headquarters. Once they arrived in the Tower, they encountered the Elite Units of HADES known as Styx who were determined to slow down their advance. Members of the Equinox would split up to fight each Styx unit until Jonathan and Felisha were left to face Thanatos himself. While the fight ensued, Jonathan sees Makoto and Iris struggling to defeat Cerberus, Styx's strongest member. With Iris weakened and Makoto out of ammunition, Jonathan threw his Katana towards Makoto, giving Makoto a fighting chance, leaving himself defenseless. Thanatos threatened to throw both Jonathan and Felisha off of the building when Cassandra managed to save them at the cost of her own life when Thanatos used a Demon Bullet on her. Cassandra's death sparked rage into all of the Equinox members who saw her fall, including Jonathan. Jonathan took the fight out by pushing Thanatos off of the tower, ending up in the sewers. Thanatos threatened to shoot Jonathan with the Demon Bullet when Felisha stood in the way. Not letting history repeat itself, Jonathan took the shot, protecting Felisha. Due to his sheer will, Jonathan powered through, using his Vampire and Esper lineages to unleash his Vampire King form. Teaming up with a powered up Felisha, the duo defeated Thanatos.

Using his Vampire and Esper powers worsened his condition causing him to go to a coma. Dr. Leon Ford of Wisteria managed to save him by using an Esper Limiter, a device used to suppress an Esper's powers. With the device, Jonathan would fully recover.

**Retirement**

After the Velvet City Incident that finally brought down HADES, Jonathan would form a new group called the Templar Defense Organization (TDO) in hopes to protect the world from another HADES-like organization. The TDO was composed of 5 separate groups that have united under one banner: Equinox, Wisteria, Valentine Arms, Sapphire group, and the Hirada Household. Despite creating the group, Jonathan would not lead it as he would be stepping down as the leader of Equinox, instead giving the leadership to Makoto whom he trusts. He has been fighting for most of his life that he wants to finally settle down. He would later use his newfound freedom to put up a Flower Shop and Café while being a househusband to Maki and a dad to his adoptive daughter, the little Kelbi named Norma.

**Vampire Queen Arc**

Jonathan's retirement would routinely be disturbed as a few HADES agents release a Vampire Virus named the "Rose Virus" into a civilian population in China. The infection would spread, turning people into cannibalistic and bloodthirsty vampires. The Crimson Order would re-emerge and would wage war against the knights of the TDO, with Jonathan leading the evacuation efforts. The Order would capture him and use his blood as a sacrifice to revive the Vampire Queen, with Cassandra's corpse as a vessel. Maki, who became a Lycan Queen, rushed to his rescue but was too late in stopping the revival of the new Vampire Queen. But with the help of a gifted Neuroscientist named Elise Mason, they were able to steal the Vampire Queen's consciousness, temporarily foiling their plans.

Jonathan would later wake up to find that the war against the infected was over, finding out that the Vampire Queen herself betrayed the Crimson Order due to the fact that the TDO had the Queen's daughter, Hannah Strauss, in custody. With Sophia Strauss, the Vampire Queen, relinquishing her title, a new Vampire Queen would step in to fill the role by none other than Iris, who had attained Vampire Queen status before the final battle against HADES.

Jonathan would undertake his final mission when he locates where his sister Evelyn was hiding. Jonathan would track her down in a Chronolium Mine, desperately looking for an Eldritch Artifact that would grant her the power she needs to kill him. A fight would ensue with Jonathan emerging as the victor. But Evelyn activates the Artifact, sending her back in time. Jonathan, having seen time travel movies, notices that nothing changed. Dr. Glynda Miller appeared, who was watching the fight happened, and revealed who she really was, confirming Jonathan's suspicion. Glynda was actually Evelyn Kennedy who was sent back in time to live out a better childhood. But their "reunion" would be cut short when Golems started to appear and attack the pair. The two fought their way out until they were safe, emerging as true siblings.

**Present Day**

Jonathan is now fully retired, leaving behind the days of combat. He still runs his Flower Shop and Café as well as being a proud dad to 5 children, after Maki gave birth to 4 babies. Now he stays at home raising the kids while Maki goes to carry out missions. Life of a dad may be tiring, but Jonathan prefers this life.