Kent Nelson (Dr. Fate)

# Dr. Fate

## Kent Nelson

Dr. Fate

*Description Here ~ Vic*

## History

### Early Life

Born in some village in Northern Africa in 1905, Kent Nelson’s parents were famed archaeologists, searching for treasure and lost cities, and they brought their son along with them to all the dig sites, graves, temples, and ruins that came along with the profession. While the Kent’s kept a residence in New Orleans, the house was rarely visited, and to a young Kent, it seemed even stranger than tents and sleeping bags. Kent’s Mother passed away shortly after Kent turned 12, but he still went on those trips with his father, although it was always more dig site to dig site, eventually in the year 1918, when Kent was 13 years old, the inseparable duo Kent and his father had become, found a previously undiscovered tomb, the young lad ended up getting a little too self-confident and ventured deep into the tomb when the boy came across a sarcophagus. Opening it, Kent found that he was not faced with the mummified remains he expected, but a man preserved as if he had been laid to rest this morning!

And to Kent’s surprise, the man was alive as well! He introduced himself as Nabu, an ancient Egyptian sorcerer. Nabu also told Kent that his father was killed when a gas was deployed upon Kent’s opening of Nabu’s sarcophagus, killing the elder Nelson. Distraught with grief Kent didn’t know what to do, unfortunately, or maybe for the world, fortunately, Nabu did. Removing Kent’s grief, Nabu offered Kent a chance to become the defender of the Earth’s magic. When Kent accepted the Lord of Order began preparing Kent for the role he was about to step into. His growth was magically accelerated and his body changed to help withstand the rigors needed for the job, Kent learned more about magic in that time then all but a few learned in a lifetime. When Nabu thought that Kent was ready, he gave him the garments that he would wear to help protect the world, the amulet of Anubis, the cloak of destiny, and by far his most iconic garment, the Helmet of Fate, and revealed the truth at last. Nabu was a member of the Lord of Order, and by putting on the Helmet of Fate, the two would join together to become Doctor Fate, the Sorcerer Supreme, Defender of Magic, Agent of the Lords of Order.

Wearing these instruments of Justice, Kent Nelson, publicly known as Doctor Fate, battled villains such as the reincarnating Wotan, and other villainous fiends. Eventually Fate met one Inza Cramer, a woman of the earth, one particularly connected with nature and the planet around her, this drew the interest of the good doctor, and the interest of Wotan. In a bid to get at Fate through her, Wotan captured Inza, but Kent was able to save her just in the nick of time. The pair would go onto have several adventures together before Kent revealed his secret identity to Inza. The pair would go on to date afterwards, and eventually, marry, right when the world seemed like it was about to boil over, on the eve of World War II.

In the year 1940, the seemed on the brink of destruction, Axis forces, backed by the Occult, marched across Europe, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt watched from the Oval Office. Signing Article X, the superhero draft as those who knew of the classified order called it. It called the United States’ “Mystery Men”, the early super heroes, to defend their nation.

Before the United States’ official involvement in the way, the Doctor Fate helped US Counterintelligence agencies stop Axis saboteurs and spies, but in December 7th, 1941, “a day that would live in infamy” as President Roosevelt called it, the good doctor was retasked to a more offensive route. The Sorcerer Supreme’s skills and abilities allowed him unmatched mobility and capability. Stopping Nazi super-weapons, entire divisions of soldiers, and warriors of the occult the Fatewould’ve made headlines, if his operations were known to the public. No the magician was shrouded in enough red tape to cover the world thrice over, and when allied forces saw the Fatr in action, Kent took good care to make sure he would not be remembered, and more than happy enough to let the Government’s pet, Soldier Boy get all the credit and glory.

And despite his best efforts of secrecy, Hitler did eventually find out about the mysterious helmet clad stranger who was thwarting his plots, but before the mad man could do anything about it, Russian forces bore down on him and took the coward’s way out.

After the war, Kent like many G.I.s, decided to go to school and become a medical doctor, with his wife Inza as his assistant, the pair chose to save lives in a more physical way, but from time to time, when the fate of the world and the balance of chaos and order were on the line, Doctor Fate was there to save the day.

Unfortunately, in the early 2000s, Inza, Kent’s one true love, died, the Helmet of Fate had kept the couple living longer, and healthier than most could ever dream of, but the stress (and the fact that she was not the wearer of the Helm) eventually became too much, and now, she rests.

Kent, and Nabu, also took an interest in any new magic users who showed up on their radar, they met with Giovanni Zatara upon his breakout on the crime fighting scene. And the pair would later become good friends. When tragedy struck and Giovanni was killed, Kent took his daughter, Zatanna Zatara, in and helped train her in her birthright. Nabu had plans to potentially make the one witch his next host, but as long Kent is alive, he isn’t going to let that happen.

Kent continues to wield the power of Fate, leaving the Tower of Salem, his headquarters, one would say, rarely, but as of late he has seen a dark vision of what is to come, and now may be the time to call upon some old friends, and maybe some new ones too.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

* **Expert in Archaeology**
* **Medicine**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat:** He practices Jujitsu
* **Expertise in Occultism**
* **Multilingualism**

### Powers

* **Magic:** inside this power is this great array of abilities:
* **Prolonged Life**
* **Enhanced Durability**
* **Magic Sense:** He can feel the presence of magic in his surroundings, sense impending mystical events, and other people's aura and determine if they are aligned with good, evil, or their own.
* **Astral Projection:** He can project himself to see, hear, and/or talk with faraway places and individuals
* **Eldritch Blast:** Doctor Fate can fire Ankh-shaped blasts
* **Energy Negation**
* **Energy Resistance**
* **Force Field**
* **Healing**
* **Illusion Casting**
* **Telepathy**
* **Teleportation:** He can summon Ankh-shaped Teleportation doors