Blackout (Gabriel Novak)

### Aliases

The Spy, The Quiet One, The Master of Shadows, He who lurks in the Shadows, SkullFace

### Powers/Skills

Darkness Manipulation, Supernatural Condition (Type 1-2), Flight, Darkness Constructs

### Hobbies

Listening to the sounds of nature, meditating, spying

### Relatives/Family

(Unnamed Wife), (Unnamed First Son), (Unnamed Second Son)

### Friends/Allies

The Overlord (Victor Sparks), Spite (Charles Collins), Stunner (Steven Norris), Ruin

## Blackout

Blackout is the trusted ally and loyal assassin, spy, and warrior of the Overlord and the Eudaimonia Empire. Blackout is completely loyal to his master the Overlord and besides going on missions and battling enemies of the Empire, he also spies on members already in the Empire who plan to overthrow or kill the Overlord.

## Biography

Gabriel Novak grew up in the small western European nation of Creugua. Creugua is one of the last few surviving dictatorships in Europe, Creugua is an oppressive and cruel nation which is riddled with human rights abuses. Even if someone was seen as not being loyal enough, it was more than enough of a reason to make them 'disappear'. Gabriel had to watch as his parents died of sickness due to poor conditions and the rampant poverty that plagued Creugua. Gabriel would later meet a woman and have a family with her, he would then realize his children would be forced to grow up in the same hell that he was forced to grow up with all his life. Gabriel would then form and lead a group of revolutionaries that would attempt to keep their existence secret from the Creugua government and try to hurt the government in any way possible. But later, Gabriel would be kidnapped by the government along with the rest of the revolutionary group and all of their friends and family. The government would make Gabriel watch as they tortured and killed his friends and family right in front of him, before torturing him themselves and cutting his tongue out so he wouldn't spread any more "lies". Gabriel lived in a prison camp for eight years, all he could do in that time was meditate and seek some kind of peace within himself. Eventually, Gabriel and the other prisoners were liberated by a group of extremist shadow cabinet group of the Peace Corps lead by Victor Sparks. Gabriel would later become Victors closest right hand man and most trustworthy ally, following Victor and his ideology no matter what. Victor would later go on a personal mission to Arctic where he would discover a massive alien spaceship. Soon he would master the controls and become the Overlord. Leader of the newly found Eudaimonia Empire. Gabriel would prove his loyalty to the Overlord and volunteer for an experiment to infuse his body with dark energy. In the experiment, all of Gabriel's flesh and tissue would be atomized and replaced by dark energy, leaving nothing left but his skeleton. Gabriel was then given a suit that is meant to keep his body together and control his dark energy to create dark constructs, transport through space and time, and more. Even though he regained his ability to speak due to the experiment, he took a vow of silence to prove that actions speak louder then words.

## Appearance

As a human, Gabriel Novak appeared to be an early middle aged Eastern European man with black hair and green eyes who stood 6 feet tall.

After his transformation, Gabriel was turned into a skeleton surrounded by a black fog of darkmatter that became his new flesh. His entire body is contained within a specialized purple and blue suit that is designed to keep his body together. Only his skull face and ribs are visible through the clear areas of the suit on his face and chest. The suit also possesses long wires that are designed to enhanced his senses and give him "eyes on the back of his head". Once air pressure or even the smallest sound hits those dreadlocks, it gives Blackout an entire 180 degree view around him. Much like the hairs on a spiders legs that inform it about predators or food nearby.

## Personality

Blackout is an extremely mysterious figure, since he has taken a vow of silence, it is usually very hard to get a reading on him. What is known about him is that he is unquestionably loyal to the Overlord and the Eudaimonia Empire, being one of the Overlords only and most trusted minions. Blackout is ruthless and will do anything in order to achieve his goal or complete his mission, even willing to use tricks, deception, and sneak attacks to get what he wants. But despite that, he is usually very head on and honest. Willing to fight an opponent head on with no tricks if they are willing to do the same. Blackout's personality is very robotic in nature, as he acts entirely professional and is never skewered by old grudges or emotions, just like a robot, Blackout follows his orders to a "T" and never lets his own emotions get in the way.

## Abilities

Blackout possesses the ability to construct solid constructs out of the very darkforce energy that makes up his body. With the darkforce energy he is capable of constructing any kind of tool, weapon, armor, or even animated entity. With this power, Blackout can create any kind of weapon or tool he needs for any kind of situation, even expanding his darkness to such a massive degree as to make an army, a giant, or something much bigger and more vast. He can use that very same power to fly and manipulate other objects, he can even use it to teleport and more. The darkness alongside his suit also give him superhuman strength, speed, durability, agility, and more. He is strong enough to lift large aircraft, lift small buildings, and destroy the toughest metals, fast enough to easily move at hypersonic speeds, and durable enough to take powerful explosions. Blackout also has no need to eat, sleep, or breath. He also has a defunct physiology, which means he has no major organs that he needs to survive or blood that could cause him to bleed out. It is a very high possibility that he is biologically immortal.

Despite his plethora of amazing and terrifying powers, he only uses them when he needs to. He always starts off a battle using his own strength, reflexes, and his own personal fighting skills before he starts using his major powers. Blackout is the best hand to hand combatant in the Eudaimonia Empire, only behind the Overlord himself in terms of skill. Blackout's combat skills are extremely advanced and make him even more deadly then he already is. Blackout is also a genius, able to outsmart his opponents with ease and possessing amazing knowledge on how to use any kind of software or hardware available.

## Weaknesses

One of Blackouts major weaknesses is extreme sunlight, especially when he's heavily relying on most of his darkforce energy while in a battle. Blackout can also be outsmarted and outmanuvered if left dizzy and unfocused in a fight. Blackouts own armor can also be a vulnerability, it is capable of being hacked and locking Blackout inside his armor and leaving him immobile. His suit is also one of the only things that keeps his new body together and protects it from falling apart. If his suit is destroyed or he is removed from his suit, it can cause his body to drift apart and leave him as a pile of bones. Although it doesn't kill him, since the bones contain his essence and consciousness, it leaves him completely vulnerable.

## Trivia

-Blackout is heavily based off of Soundwave from Transformers Prime.

-In Blackouts original concept, he was meant to be nothing but a robot.

-Blackouts power set and abilities are based on both Green Lantern and Raven from the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon.