Tigerhead

> *"That's a home run, baby!" ~ Tigerhead's catchphrase.*
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Tigerhead during the raid on Kingsbridge Armory.

**Tigerhead** was a low-level agent for Resurgence, former baseball player and a minor antagonist featured in the Resurgence arc if Dominance: New York City.

## Appearance

Tigerhead was a tall man with a strong-build. He wore a highly stylized leather jacket and a white undershirt, a sea green pair of cargo trousers and a tiger mask on his head, hence his moniker.

On his left hand was a bright red, clawed gauntlet with different colored, roughly cut gems at the knuckles. On his right arm he wore an elbow pad.

## Personality

Tigerhead had what appeared to be a calm and almost friendly demeanor, however this was quickly lost as it gave way to a rage-fueled man who would brutalize his enemies.

It appears that Tigerhead only really ever cared for money, as he quit his baseball career in order to pursue a life of crime as it was much more lucrative for him.

Though a skilled fighter, Tigerhead's rage could get the best of him, and ultimately was his downfall.

## Backstory

Not much is known about Tigerhead and his past, other than the fact that he was once a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees.

Apparently, sometime during his career, he switched over from playing MLB to full-time criminal work. At one point, he began working under Evelynn Boucher and Resurgent.

### Dominance: New York City

Tigerhead made his first appearance as the third major battle of the Resurgent arc, during a Resurgent raid on the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, with the purpose of stealing the weaponry caches stored there. During the raid, a striketeam consisting of Laura Wilkinson, Iva Saskia, James Ward, Lily Chapman and Saxon James Hackett would intervene, killing his men.

Enraged by this interruption, Tigerhead would hit the body of one of his own goons high into the air before engaging in a fight with the team. He would strike Iva away as she attacked, however this left him open, with Saxon pinning him down and using his *Sweet Dreams* ability to attempt to force him into sleep. However, through sheer willpower, Tigerhead managed to stay awake, charging an energy ball and threatening to blow both himself and Saxon to pieces.

Saxon was forced to retreat, allowing Tigerhead to leap up into the air. Lily would taunt him, provoking Tigerhead to throw the charged energy ball into the air and bat it down towards the group. However, Lily used her reflection ability to reflect the attack right back at Tigerhead, the attack hitting him with such force that it tore a hole clean through his chest, lanced through the roof of the armory, and exploded dozens of meters into the sky.

After Tigerhead's mask was removed, he was shown to have died with a smile. Lily would acquire his baseball bat, later using it as her weapon of choice in subsequent battles.

## Equipment

**Baseball Bat:** A baseball bat made of a dark-grey and highly durable material, able to withstand sustained gunfire without a scratch. The bat was attached to Tigerhead's wrist by a long length of flexible metal twine, allowing him to swing it like an enlarged flail when he needed to attack an enemy at a range.

**Claw Gauntlet:** A red gauntlet on Tigerhead's left hand, forged from scrap metal. The gauntlet has the ability to produce balls of energy roughly the size of a basaball. When Tigerhead strikes these energy balls with his bat, they are able to fly forwards at incredibly fast speeds - enough to tear through an entire human body - before exploding violently. It also has the ability to pierce body armor with its claws, as it was able to do with Saxon's.

## Powers and Abilities

**Enhanced Physiology:** Through unknown means, Tigerhead possessed greatly enhanced strength, speed, reflexes and endurance. His strength was decently superhuman, as he could fling an adult male's body several meters into the air, as well as haul Iva Saskia up by her head and throw her into Saxon. His movement speed allowed him to quickly close in on enemies and sidestep attacks, and his reactions were fast enough that he could spin his bat and deflect incoming bullets fired from a machinegun.