Baneslayer

Baneslayer is a hero from Oakland and member of the local Peacekeeper team.

## Abilities and Powers

At at baseline, Baneslayer's power makes him slightly stronger and more durable than an average person. What sets him apart is that his power gradually allows him to transform, slowly becoming stronger during a fight. As a confrontation becomes more prolonged or dangerous. he begins developing new powers. Namely, he is granted superhuman strength, durability and flight, as well as an aura of aggression suppression. When his power works, his skin becomes darker and his sprouts steel colored wings.

The limits to his strength are unknown, though he allegedly became strong enough to fight the Calamity Cetus by himself when it attacked San Francisco, though still not strong enough to beat it into submission. The only real limit appears to be time and an appropriate level of danger for his power to kick in.

He is widely regarded as one of the strongest parahumans in North America, putting him in the same league as the Triumvirate.

## Appearance

Baneslayer wears a baggy, light gray, long sleeved tabard over gunmetal gray armor. His face is obscured by a hooded mask integrated into the costume, though this mask is backlight with red LEDs. He wears armored boots and greaves. In addition to this, he carries a large, two handed sword. He has shown himself to become strong enough to wield this blade in one hand.

While transformed, Baneslayer slowly turns into a steel angel. His voice becomes deep and echoing. During bigger fights, his costume tends to rip or tear as he slowly grows in size.

## Personality

Despite his strength and popularity, Baneslayer is one of the most enigmatic parahumans on the West Coast. Similarities have been drawn between him and Triumph, both in personality and appearance. Various PRO employees have stated that Baneslayer is not a very easy person to work with. Whether this is because of personality reasons or simply the difficulty of working with such a powerful parahuman is unclear, though a combination of the two is most likely.

## History

Baneslayer made his debut as a Peacekeeper on July 11th, 2007 in Oakland.

### Notable Arrests

* Mudslide during the Summer Rush in San Francisco during his third week of being a Peacekeeper.
* Gas Lighter during his terrorism campaigns in Berkeley.
* Baihu after he broke the Chinatown truce in January of 2010. Though he invariably received assistance from the rest of the Peacekeepers, he is largely created with the arrest.

### Cetus Attack

On January 5th, 2010, when Cetus attacked San Francisco, Baneslayer- allegedly- was able to single handedly combat the Calamity and stall it long enough for it to be driven back into the ocean. Secondhand sources, along with official PRO press releases, state that his size had increased to "almost as large as Cetus" and that he hand "a half dozen wings sprouted from his back" and that his head was wreathed in a "halo of white-red light". There are also reports of his body generating additional, eldritch limbs, though this has not being confirmed by PRO.

### Merry Band Attack

During the Merry Band's attack on Oakland, Baneslayer is credited with killing Defiler. After the attack finished, he was severely injured and retired from the Peacekeepers.