Hakeem Parks

**Hakeem Jermaine Parks** is a main character on Blood and Power.

Hakeem is the firstborn child and son of Silas Barnes, also known as ***Dragon King***, one of the world's most powerful supervillains and the late Naomi Parks, the stepson of Bonnie Jones, the older paternal half-brother of Brooklyn Young, the best friend of Andre Cross and Alycia Cross. Hakeem was born a meta-human with Geokinesis, allowing him to manipulate and control the earth, although he was experimented on as a child and gained additional incredible abilities, making him a formidable asset and enemy.

Hakeem is a popular student at St. Johns Visions High School. Hakeem's somewhat bully-like antics initially place him against the Cross twins, until they all became best friends. After becoming friends with them, he became a lot more nicer, however keeping some of his bad boy fierceness.

Secretly the firstborn son of Dragon King, a longtime formidable enemy of the United Heroes, Hakeem was determined to follow in his father's footsteps, in order to earn his father's love, as the teenage vigilante supervillain **Shiv**. He is unknowingly the nemesis of his own best friend, Andre Cross and a thorn in the young vigilante's side.

## Biography

### Early Life

Hakeem was born to Silas Barnes, and his first wife, Naomi Parks in Empyrea, one of the Mystic Provinces on January 17, 2007. Around the time he was born, his half-sister, Brooklyn was born, about two weeks after him.

When Hakeem was around seven, Silas sought to conduct experiments on Hakeem that would change him physically and emotionally, turning him into a weapon, while also giving him immense psychological trauma. To avoid further trauma, Naomi took Hakeem and fled to Los Angeles, California. A fearful Hakeem worried that his father would find him, though Naomi assured him they were safe. That very night, Dragon King returned and took Hakeem and Naomi back to Empyrea where he began his experiments. He started by placing shiv's in his wrists that allowed him to do irreparable harm to those around him. He grew up studying chemistry and became very advanced physically, mentally and in his education. Sometime after he was experimented on by his father, he discovered the existence of his half-sister and the two bonded and became closer.

When he was in the third grade, Hakeem lost control of his powers and accidentally murdered Naomi. He was devastated by the loss which Dragon King also blamed him for. After this, his father sought a new caretaker for his children, but the first woman didn't work out for unknown reasons. He then kidnapped Bonnie Jones and made her into Hakeem and Brooklyn's caretaker and public stepmother. He brought the two of them to Harlem, New York City after this and they were raised their together by Bonnie.

## Physical Description

Hakeem is a handsome young teenager with a somewhat tall structure. He has a slender, yet athletic build and a brown complexion. He has high black hair in curly twists with silver streaks in the front parts of his hair. He states the silver streaks are a result of his father pumping his body full of chemicals. His attired consists of expensive taste in both jewelry and clothing, wearing stylish bracelets and baggy sweatshirts, dominated by small hoodies paired with jeans and black pants. He has a confident personality that is reflected in his stance.

## Personality

Hakeem is the embodiment of the high school mean bully - bold and snide as well as having an underrated disregard for others' well-being, with a motto of looking out for number one. He displays no subtlety in his cruelty, such as double-crossing a loyal friend by replacing him with his athletically-inclined best friend or going to such lengths as to condescendingly tell his stepmother to stop talking. He can be the sweetest person in the school or the meanest, sometimes in the same moment. He shows an initial vulnerable side when it comes to his best friend, Andre Cross, such as brashly insulting a freshmen in front of a school official after an altercation with him and taunting former friend, Jalen about his feelings for Andre. Hakeem has also shown to be seductively flirtatious and sassy as seen various time when he was with Alycia and even while tempting Andre. What was first misconstrued as being possessive and concerned for his best friends was said to be the only true freedom he has outside of his villainous machinations.

Deep down, his actions stem from the spite and hatred of his father's long-term experimentation and neglect; therefore he uses these unhealthy outlets as his way to lash out at him. He is sick of playing a normal teenage boy in his father's plans and demands for his place on the Forsaken's table much to his exasperation. Despite this, on the other hand, he subtly yearns for his approval and love, as revealed in a flashing thought by Brooklyn's mental manipulation. He wants to accelerate his part in his father's plans much to his refusal. Due in part to his growing up, he is shown to violently lash out and has no qualms with killing to get his attention. Dragon King himself recognizes Hakeem's volatility and attempts to reign him in by imprisoning him or drugging him with gas.

Despite his upbringing, Hakeem does have some ounce of humanity left as evident when he mourns the death of his mother, after he killed her, saying he never wanted her to die. As well as stating that to Andre that he loves him on several occasion. However, while many fall for Hakeem's manipulations, there are those who do not, like his half-sister, Brooklyn, though she has somewhat manipulated her on occasion, she rejects his offer of sympathy regarding her separation from her and puts him in his place. Also, Hakeem's best friend, Andre is one of the very few people who isn't afraid to stand up to him and tell him when he's being mean/rude or stupid, and will physically knock him upside the head. When Andre says that it's clear that Hakeem tried to manipulate him and Andre began to explain in full detail that how and why he isn't able to manipulate him. Despite Hakeem's bad boy attitude and head strong nature, he is not immune to fear, as he was intimidated by Brainstorm who gave him a telepathic migraine.

## Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses

### Powers

* **Meta-human Physiology**: Hakeem inherited the meta-gene from his father, Silas Barnes, resulting in a genetic mutation within his cells, altering his DNA and granting him superhuman powers.
	+ **Geokinesis**: Hakeem has the ability to manipulate stone, soil and shape and affect it in any conceivable way. Hakeem can create natural disasters like earthquakes. Hakeem has also displayed he is capable of not only manipulating natural earth, but dirt as well. Whenever he uses his powers or is about to use them, his eyes turn white.
		- **Transmutation**: Hakeem is able to transmute the molecular properties of any organic material to turn it into something else, this is demonstrated when he turned a lump of coal into a diamond. Hakeem was also able to turn the dirt in sand into glass.
* **Enhanced Physiology**: As a child, Hakeem's father experimented on him, giving him an enhanced physiology. Because of the experiments, he gained incredible powers and abilities, in addition to his meta-human physiology.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Hakeem can regenerate from any injury. He was blasted in the chest by Andre's energy blast, which severely disfigured his body and left him with severe burns. However, the skin regenerated and healed within seconds.
		- **Enhanced Durability**: Hakeem's accelerated healing factor also grants him enhanced resistance to pain and injury as shown several times when he was thrown out the window and landed on the pavement unscathed, had his head smashed through glass and didn't even flinch.
	+ **Enhanced Strength**: Hakeem is capable of single-handedly and repeatedly throwing or striking another teenager above the normal limitations of human strength.
	+ **Implanted Wrist Blades**: Hakeem also has the ability to shoot retractable blades out of his wrists. These daggers are longer than his hands, and have shown to be as an extension of Hakeem's body and are extremely dangerous, capable of easily killing someone or severely injuring them, in a similar fashion to concealable daggers, when engaging the enemy at close-quarters combat as seen when he disarmed a makeshift staff from Andre, after both he and Hakeem were holding the staff. Despite being implanted in his wrists, Hakeem has no physical consequences of them constantly sliding in and out of his wrists, courtesy of his regeneration ability. His wrist blades are the inspiration for his alias, Shiv.

### Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition**: Hakeem is highly athletic. He is extremely agile and flexible, able to perform flips, aerials, and numerous other acrobatic maneuvers with ease.
* **Skilled Martial Artist**: Hakeem has shown to be able to skillfully overpower Andre and has likely received training from Dragon King.
	+ **Knife Proficiency**: Hakeem is skilled at using knives and his wrist implanted blades in combat.
* **Intelligence**: In spite of his rather shallow inclinations, it was indicated time and time again that Hakeem is far more intelligent, perspective and calculating than he lets on. An exchange of letter conversation between his father and Brainstorm revealed that very few escapes Hakeem's attention, although he still isn't aware of his best friends' status and identity as the children of Olympia and Bronze Eagle - despite him, his half-sister and the twins all being best friends for the past two years.
	+ **Chemistry**: As the son of a scientist, he has shown to have knowledge of various chemicals. Such that he is able to expertly synthesize an artificial cloud reaction without having the follow the given instructions on how to cause it step-by-step, achieving the highest grade mark in his class for both himself and Andre, who is his lab partner.

## Equipment

* **Shiv Armor**: A black and red armored costume containing a large arsenal of bladed weapons. The armor provides Hakeem with enhanced strength, sufficient enough to throw an automobile.