Wrecker(Dirk Garthwaite)(1459)

Wrecker was a Former employee of Damage Control and a Follower of Hermes who was granted abilities thanks to Ambrosa and a Magicilly embued Crowbar.

## Character info

### Relatives

Unidentified paternal grandfatherBurt Garthwaite (father, deceased)Anne Garthwaite (mother, deceased)Unidentified brother

### Affiliation

Hermes, Hermes New Gods,The Wrecking Crew

### Occupation

Professional criminal, mercenary, former janitor, manual laborer

## History

### Early life

Dirk Garthwaite came from an abusive home, with an alcoholic father that repeatedly beat his mother and himself. When he was four years old, his father reportedly died, which later turned out to be false. After that, his mother took several odd jobs to try and keep a roof over their head and food on the table, leaving young Dirk by himself for long periods of time.

Dirk ended up in prison at a young age due to breaking and entry and dealing in stolen goods, he spent from the age of 18 till 28 in prison.

Once released he was a manual laborer employed by a demolitions company who was fired for his anti-social behavior and fits of violence. He eventually got a job with Damage control and began to work there for the next 10+ years.

Dirk was fired just last year and began to fall back into a life of crime, deciding to turn his talent for mayhem and destruction to criminal activity, Garthwaite fashioned himself a simple costume to conceal his identity. He then committed a series of crimes under the name of the Wrecker, his trademark being the crowbar with which he devastated the scene of the crime. The Wrecker became more daring with each theft, and continually evaded the attempts of the police to capture him. Seeking another victim to rob, the Wrecker happened upon a warehouse occupied by Hermes, the Greek god who saw the potential for a recruit and offered Dirk the chance of a life time.

Hermes gave Dirk a piece of Ambrosa which grants someone Low level Olympian powers essentially making them a super powered being.

Hermes then took his crowbar to the captured Hephaestus and had him imbue it with power and giving Dirk a Superpowered weapon which could rival even Thor's Hammer.

## Powers

* The Wrecker possesses various superhuman attributes as a result of the magical power bestowed upon him by The Ambrosa given to him by Hermes
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** The Wrecker is superhumanly strong and, while fully empowered, is capable of lifting about 40 tons.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** The Wrecker's musculature generates less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. While fully empowered, he can exert himself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to impair him. However, while sharing his powers with the other three members of the Wrecking Crew, his stamina is considerably diminished. In this state, he is capable of exert himself at peak capacity for about 6 hours.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** While fully empowered, the Wrecker's body is highly resistant to all forms of physical injury. He is able to withstand armor piercing machine gun shells, temperature and pressure extremes, falls from great heights, multiple blows from Thor's enchanted hammer, etc. without sustaining injury.
	+ **Mystical Link:** The Wrecker has established a mental link with his enchanted crowbar by touching the crowbar, the Wrecker can magically transform whatever he is wearing into his costume. He can also throw the Crowbar much like Thor can throw his Hammer and have it return to him.

### Abilities

* The Wrecker is a formidable hand to hand combatant and is particularly adept at using street fighting techniques that enable him to make full use of his strength and durability.