Griffin MacCarthy

Griffin unmasked

Griffin is a young woman who became a vigilante and superhero. She's a primary member of the Sovereign Watch, and the youngest member of the Undesirables.

## Appearance

### Civilian Appearance

Griffin is a short young woman with messy raven black hair. The bags under her eyes are nearly permanent due to her constant lack of sleep while tracking down criminals across the city. Flat chested and muscular, she is occasionally confused for a man when viewed from behind.

Her fingers and knuckles are usually black and blue, bruised from the fighting she frequently partakes in. Scars adorn her back from various weapons such as knives, whips, and bullets. Her ribs are almost always bruised, and on good days a dull yellow colors. Griffin's elbows and knees are constantly bruised just like her ankles and wrists.

Griffin prefers to wear tank tops and jeans, choosing to shun items like bracelets, necklaces, and piercings. Her combat boots are built with weights in the soles, reaching a couple inches past her ankles. The gloves on her hands have weights placed inside to help Griffin get used to the feeling.

### The Black Templar

As the Black Templar, Griffin wears a completely black armored costume with bloodied (sometimes white) wraps on her forearms. Her mask is also black, covering her entire head with holes for her eyes. Her cape, made of Kevlar, reaches just above her ankles. She still wears her boots and gloves to giver her punches and kicks more power.

## Personality

*"Griffin Wayne is in many ways a normal teen girl, but don't be fooled this young woman is capable of massive amounts of destruction and violence."*

**Victor Zamek, in his dossier on Griffin Wayne**

### A Comic Nerd's Origin

Griffin is a hyper active and easily excitable young woman. She is quick to anger, but always has the best intentions even if she ends up beating a room of thugs within an inch of their life.

## Relationships

### Allies

#### Tibor Jelani

The two have a contentious relationship starting off as enemies, but soon became close friends. After fighting and mutually passing out, Tibor invites her to a block party celebrating Gnomad Day. This is the start of the friendship which extends to the point of Griffin calling Tibor for help as a hero and Tibor asking for help defending his neighborhood.

#### Reggie Flannigan

Reggie is an engineer who builds and maintains Griffin's equipment and weaponry. He likes the young man and gives her a discount for his services because of her plucky attitude.

#### Cyrus Kaiser

As a member of the Undesirables Cyrus acts as a motherly figure for Griffin. Cyrus usually takes her side and defends her to the other members and associates or contacts. Griffin treats Cyrus like an older sister, choosing to believe her and follow her example.

#### Samson Moore

Samson is another member of the Undesirables who usually takes a liking to the unfortunate people around himself. To this end, Samson becomes friends Griffin (albeit reluctant friends). He and Gagial are civil with Griffin acting as friends to the young woman.

#### Gagial Percy

Gagial has a similar relationship to Griffin as Samson, but is a bit less involved.

## History

### Early Life

Born to Conor and Siobhan in Eriú. Her mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her dad who had his attention split between her and the mafia he was in. When the Fiana Mafia fell apart, Conor took Griffin and got them falsified documents changing their names to Dubhán and Ava Malone. The two move to Vespigo to escape the investigation being held by Eriú and Prydain.

Griffin mostly spent time in the care of babysitters while he enlisted into the military. by the age of ten, Griffin was sent to a military school that acted as a front for Tiernan Donovan to train sleeper agents to be assassins. Griffin is able to resist the mind control and complete her objective: burn the camp to the ground and kill everyone there. She returns to civilization to find her dad was killed in an explosion caused by Shaw Lombardi.

## Trivia

* Griffin's appearance was originally based on Kuroki Tomoko from Watamote (No Matter How I Look At It, It's Your Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular), but was later changed to resemble Radical Edward from Cowboy Bebop.
* Griffin's superhero costume is based on a variation of Batgirl's costume