Frank

Frank stands as one of the oldest and most experienced Magistratii of the Black Watch and his presence alone has been used to quell even the most violent of disturbances in the organization.

## General Info

### Aliases

"Furious Frank", "The Fury of the Wastes"

## Other

### Character Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akx48dLnccQ&list=RDAkx48dLnccQ&start\_radio=1

> "*IT'S FRANK, BABY!"*
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**Frank**, formally recognized as **The Fury of the Wastes** and **The Wrath of the High Lord** in the Black Watch, is a veteran Magistratii in the organization and is the **number one** Magistratii within the organization. He has spent years scouring the wastes of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, carrying out massacres for the High Lord and settling many disputes between the legions stationed in the area and is now assigned to the newly made Magistratii strike team in the wake of the Darkforge incident, not as a team member, but rather as a form of assurance that the team **not** make a mistake again, lest they face Frank's wrath. He is not a super.

## Appearance

Frank is a burly and tall individual noted to have an extremely strong chin that is unfortunately mostly hidden by a long beard. He has an average sized nose with a small scar running across the bridge of it, and has freckles at various points on his face. His hair is brown but graying and kept short, while his eyes are brown and his skin is tanned.

His attire consists of a formidable but battle worn set of personalized Watchmen armor that contains additional pieces added onto it from chunks of armor presumably from Vasto Lorde or Grimm carapaces. He keeps a mangled mess of a gas mask attached to his face both as a form of protection from airborne hazards and an intimidation tool.

## Personality

Frank is a fearless and ferocious beast of a man, having tackled a Vasto Lorde much more powerful than he once before without so much as a second thought. However, he can afford to act such a way on the field because of his vast strategical intellect and survival knowledge. Years of fighting in the wastes of Africa, the jungles of Asia, and the mountains of the Middle East has molded Frank into a masterful tactician unconventional warfare, and a terrifying man in his own right.

Frank, having little contact with Watch personnel during his deployments, was forced to learn and understand many characteristics of human behavior within the darkest and cruelest corners of the world, leading him to be a rather perceptive individual who acts accordingly given the situation. This can be seen in his interactions with the current Magistratii strike team currently in Levant territory. Given his introduction, he displayed brashness and ferocity to the wild bunch to set them in line, but hasn't had a display of anger since. Regardless of how careful he is, however, Frank's true nature is pure rage and a strong determination to do what must be done.

## History

> "*DO NOT FORGET WHY THESE MEN LOOK AT YOU WITH FEAR*.*"* - Ignis to Frank
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Frank's past is shrouded in black ink and largely unknown save for the fact that Frank is from Denver, Colorado. Many speculate that Frank served in the United States army as a tier one operator from 2028 to an unspecified point in time. There is combat footage confirming that Frank served as a military contractor for the now defunct Redshire Investing circa 2035, and retrieved data suggests he acted as an military advisor to many of the private militaries involved in the second scramble for Africa around 2036, acting as an agent for the Watch by then, as there are photographs that depict him with an early design of the Watch insignia on his uniform. With that information in mind, Frank was more than likely a precursor Magistratii, as no official records during the time of hiding by the Watch indicate operations of any kind in Africa.

From 2036 on to 2052 there is a gap in Frank's history, and this is presumably when he engaged in black ops operations for the Watch in most major parts of Africa, Asia, and the middle east. His return was marked by a call to settle a dispute between the Serpents of Empyrean and the Lightning Dragoons. Given that the Watch was currently in a time of hiding in order to bolster their forces for the future, a dispute between legions was dangerous. Frank's solution to the dispute saw Nick Sawyer rise to the rank of Captain for the legion, and left the Serpents of Empyrean dishonored until their comeback with the bold Anguis Giovanni. Frank's actions as judge, jury, and in the context of the dispute, executioner, would heavily influence the High Lord's decision to implement the Magistratii system seen in the Watch today, giving him a group of agents to act in his own interest much like the Council has their set of Overseers.

From the time of the dispute to the year 2060, Frank continued operations against the Grimm, Visarian remnants, and eventually Alliance remnants scattered across the globe. His actions on the field, mostly spread around as rumors, has earned him an almost mythical reputation in the Watch. A normal, human man with no powers to speak of but has managed to slaughter thousands in the name of the High Lord, and grow old in a profession where too many die young.

As confirmed by Ignis, Frank has been assigned operations against the Himmel Family in the past, as they're one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world, rivaled only by the now disbanded Visarian Syndicate and supposedly disbanded Four Kings.

## Powers and Abilities

Despite Frank having no real powers to speak of, there are certain attributes of his that can be considered almost unnatural.

* **Terrifying Presence** - Frank's presence alone carries great weight, even to those who have no idea who he is.
* **Peak Human Strength** - Frank has demonstrated enough strength to hold back a Vasto Lorde's punch without any form of biological or mechanical enhancement.
* **Peak Accuracy** - Presumably derived from years of military service.
* **Unnatural speed** - Despite his age, Frank has been shown to be unnaturally agile.
* **Incredibly Ingenuity and Resourcefulness** - Frank's ability to make do with the worst of situations has saved his life time and time again, and been the key tool in destroying an otherwise powerful opponent.

Frank is also capable of using unnatural techniques that seem akin to an S-gene based ability, but thus far only uses one and one alone in the most extreme of cases or when dealing with Supers with abilities far beyond what anyone in his retinue is capable of.

**Revenant Speech** - A martial art with little to no history, and taught to Frank by the High Lord personally. Revenant Speech allows Frank to emit his voice at a certain frequency that can cause many people (especially those caught off guard) to naturally obey a specified command against their will.

## Equipment

Frank makes use of a large arsenal of equipment that varies day-to-day, and would be extremely difficult to make a list of. In general, Frank takes a hard hitting firearm with him (like some kind of .50 caliber or a shotgun), along with a multitude of explosives and in some cases chemical weapons, like gas grenades. He will often times take null rounds, along with the weapons capable of nulling such as null grenades and even null inducing close quarter weapons, such as *Bad News*.

### ***Bad News***

Frank's frequented close quarters weapon of choice, *Bad News* is a normal baseball bat with bolts added along the head to deal some extra damage upon impact. While not naturally null inducing, Bad News has been refitted by the Order of the Radiant Veil with a null coating, thus nullifying the abilities of a Super on impact. Repeated impacts cause the null effect to worsen.

## Trivia

* Frank.