Warhawk

Richard Hawk, also known as Rex Stewart, born to Shayna Hall and John Stewart from an alternate Earth. He is technically Kiera Saunders counterpart.

## Quote

> "Life gave me a new beginning and I won't waste it."
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## Physical Description

Rex Stewart, is a tall and muscular man with dark skin and short black hair. He has a chiselled jawline and piercing brown eyes that can be intense and intimidating.

Rick used to be a rowdy person with a happy-go-lucky attitude. After experiencing the devastating loss of his son and the betrayal of his former lover, Grail, Richard Hawk became a much more serious and focused person. He still has a sense of humour and enjoys making quips, but his experiences have left him with a more sombre outlook on life. He is deeply committed to protecting Earth from any threats, especially those posed by Darkseid. Richard is also fiercely loyal to his team, but will do whatever it takes to keep his past hidden. Despite his tough exterior, he has a soft spot for children and often goes out of his way to help them.

## History

He had a promising start as a member of the Justice League International. However, he betrayed them for Thanagar and became the leader of a Death Squad, which earned him a reputation as a villain.

But when Darkseid invaded his home dimension and conquered it, Rex was forced to flee with his amnesiac girlfriend, Grail, and their son. Sadly, they were unable to save their child during Darkseid's attack, which caused Grail to regain her memories and become his bitter enemy.

To escape Grail's wrath and start anew, Rex crashed on Earth-11516 and adopted the name Richard Hawk, in memory of the western superhero Hannibal Hawkes. He decided to use his knowledge and abilities to prepare this new world against Darkseid's coming.

### Wave 2

Richard Hawk gives a press conference and announces his sponsoring of a new superhero team through his company ExaTech Communications Corporation. Unbeknownst to the public, the Street Force is made up of himself and his security personell. Richard leads his team against The Calculator, who is selling tech to the New Gods of Apokalips.

### Wave 3

Warhawk defends the homefront with his team from Parademons. Street Force joins the Justice Lords in space. A part of history is revealed by Grail

### Wave 4

The Street Force is targeted by the Terrible Trio due to Rex's past. His past as leader of a Thanagarian death squad is revealed, and that gets everybody into trouble. He also helps against the daemmonite invasion. For which, Street Force takes the fight to them,

### Wave 5

Warhawk alongside his team get captured by Brainiac. Together with the captured aliens, he renames his team the Galactic Guardians in vain of the Global Guardians

## Powers

Richard's Thanagarian Battle Suit is made of Nth Metal and is telepathically linked to his mind. He can manipulate the Nth Metal to form various weapons like swords, shields, throwing darts, pole-arms, and more, and it even protects him when he's sleeping, forming a nearly indestructible carapace around him. The battle-suit allows him to fly, and he can even mentally change the color palette of his armor.

He is highly advanced in various forms of combat, human and alien alike. Most notably, Warhawk practices, Injashi, an offensive martial art that focuses on crippling opponents through fierce attacks on weaker body parts.

## Trivia

A character introduced in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon, I saw lots of unused creative potential in him, but another inspiration came from Marvel's Nighthawk for him. And composing characters is my usual modus operandi. The real challenge came in making it distinctive from his DCAU counterpart.